Facebook Romeo who defrauded woman for Rs. 4.8 Mn remanded
Negombo Chief Magistrate Champika Rajapaksa ordered on Tuesday that a 38-year-old married man, who pretended to be a Sri Lankan millionaire living in America, and had a fake love affair with a 42-year-old woman and defrauded her of Rs. 4.8 million be remanded until April 28.
The suspect, is a resident of Pitipana Veediya, Negombo. According to facts revealed during investigations conducted by the Negombo Division Fraud Investigation Unit, this woman has a Facebook page and the suspect had also created a fake Facebook page and built up a romantic relationship with her through that.
The suspect had maintained this relationship through Facebook posing as a Sri Lankan millionaire living in America.
The suspect had informed the woman who was caught in the scam, through calls made via the Facebook that he will come to Sri Lanka in a very short time to get her married and take her to
America.
After dating her for sometime, the suspect had contacted this woman through Facebook and claimed that his mother was sick and that he needs Rs. 4.8 million for an emergency surgery and
that he will send his brother to collect the money. He had also promised that he would return the money as soon as he comes to Sri Lanka. He had obtained the money posing as the brother of the
millionaire, from the woman.